Marketplace (Sales Pitch)

Speakers advertise items for sale, giving their sales pitch multiple times to different buyers who circulate, ask questions, and decide what to buy.

Procedure

1. Assign about one-third of the class as sellers and two-thirds as buyers. All sellers are selling similar categories of items (e.g., overseas holidays, cars, kitchen equipment, concert tickets).
2. Each seller prepares a brief sales pitch for their item.
3. Sellers sit or stand at their "stall." Buyers circulate, listen to pitches, and ask questions about the value and quality of what is being sold.
4. Each seller gives their pitch multiple times to different buyers.
5. After hearing several sellers, each buyer decides which item they will buy and explains their choice.

Tips

• The repeated delivery of the sales pitch naturally develops fluency.
• Buyers asking questions adds an interactive element that pushes sellers to elaborate and respond spontaneously.
• Works well with topics learners find genuinely interesting (holidays, technology, food).
• Can be followed by a brief report where buyers justify their purchasing decision to the class.